……….I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are your works, and that my soul knows very well. (Ps.139:14)
Let’s talked about the children of Israel as they got to the edge of the Promised Land. Twelve Spies had been sent by Moses to spy out the land before they were to enter. It was God’s desire and will for them to enter the land flowing with milk and honey. He had made that promise to them from the very beginning. His message to them through Moses was that He would rescue, deliver and redeem them from the hands of the Egyptians, and then give them the land He had promised their forefathers as a heritage.(Ex.6:6-8). God is always committed to His Word, if He had spoken it, there is always enough power available, to bring a performance. In essence, it was not God’s fault that only two of them made it into the Promised Land. The fault was theirs, because they had the wrong attitude. They saw themselves as grasshoppers, confessed that the enemies also saw them as grasshoppers, and ended up dying as such! They failed to see themselves the way God saw them. As long as a person has a wrong image about herself, it would negatively affect every aspect of her life.
The passage above gives David’s personal conviction about who he was. He understood that he was specially formed and crafted by God. He knew he was not an accident or a mistake. Neither was he a genetic mismatch. There are speculations amongst Christians, that David could have been a child from another woman or born outside wedlock. This is because his father did not count him important enough to be one of the sons that initially met with Prophet Samuel in 1Sam 16:1-14. Despite the rejection he suffered, David understood and knew who he was, and so what not limited by the opinions of men.
Dear friend, it does not matter who your parents were, and whether or not they were married, it does not matter what your family background is, what town you were born or where you grew up. What matters is the opinion of God about you as substantiated in His Word. In the passage above, David uses two powerful words- Fearfully and Wonderfully to describe himself under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. According to some definitions I came across in the dictionary, the word fearfully in this context, does not talk of a feeling of dread or anguish, but of reverence and great awe. Also, wonderfully means something that is capable of eliciting wonder, something admirable and excellent in its appearance. David concludes this verse, by declaring that God’s works are Marvelous! That is supernatural, something beyond human ability to grasp or to achieve. What amazing words!
These same words also apply to you dear friend. You are a great idea conceived in the mind of God even before you were planted in your mother’s womb. His desire is that you become an amazement and a wonder to the whole world, as you faithfully fulfill His definite plan for your life. All this is only possible as you understand and believe that you are a unique and special person before God. As you go about your business, schooling or career, please walk with the assurance that you are a unique person. Do not settle for less!
Why not thank God because you are created to be an object of great awe and wonder. A person that is to be admired and appreciated and to bring glory to God's mighty name! Ask that you will never fall short of His expectations for your life in Jesus name. Amen.
